Guyana’s leading Insurance Company held its 15th Annual Cycling Programme in the National Park on October 5th, 2019. The successful 11-race cycling programme organized by National Cycling Coach, Mr. Hassan Mohammad – declared Hand in Hand‘s continual support towards the development of sports.
Team Coco’s Jamaul John carting off the spoils in the feature 35-lap School Boys and Invitational race of the 11-race cycling programme. The victory was John’s third in succession after he won the Victor Macedo Memorial Road Race and the feature event of a previous 11-race programme over the last two weekends. John clocked one hour, 15 minutes, 48 seconds (01:15.48s) to end ahead of four others in a five-man sprint to the finish. He copped six sprint prizes. Paul DeNobrega took second and Briton John third, followed by Christopher Griffith, Curtis Dey and Michael Anthony in that order. The other category winners were Junior Niles (Under-50), Ian Jackson (Over-50), Sherwin Sampson (Juveniles), Nigel London (Mountain Bikes), Darius Ramsammy (Novices) and Lennox Jackman (BMX 6-9). As has been the norm over the years, the company handed out three BMX cycles and helmets to three promising young riders. The recipients this year were Lennon Jackman, Aditya Deokaran and William Green.
The presentation of prizes to the respective winners was done by Ms. Shannon Yan and Mr. Danashwar Baulkaran, Business Development Personnels and Ms. Shafeena Juman, Marketing Coordinator; The Hand-in-Hand Mutual Fire Insurance Company Ltd. Ms. Yan thanked the participants for participating in the event and committed her company’s continued support for the event and other sporting activities that will keep the country’s youth occupied while fulfilling the company’s corporate social responsibility.
